26 Jul 2010

Art: BP Portrait Award 2010

The annual BP Portrait Award is on at the National Portrait Gallery until the 19th of September this year, and is again a greatly varied and valuable free exhibition for Londoners to visit.

As in past years, upwards of fifty artists have had their work accepted and exhibited, before a 3rd, 2nd and 1st prize are awarded as well as two other prizes in the 'Young Artist' and 'Travel' categories.

I don't want to post the winners, you'll have to go along and see them for yourselves (safe to say they are very interesting and emotional works, hugely personal and effecting as well as expertly crafted), however I have pulled up some images of some of the paintings that struck me the most from the exhibition...

'The True Self-Portrait' by Carlos Muro


'Sentinel' by Lyndsey Jameson


'Molly Parkin' by Darren Coffield


'Sandy Watching' by Alex Hanna


'Paul' by Nathan Ford


Again, these are not necessarily winners, and there are many other great pieces of work on display, so do go down and have a look. It's free and it's in the center of London, one of the easiest exhibitions to visit in passing, on the way in or out of town. These little piccies don't do justice to the technique and precision that has gone into some of these massive pieces of work.

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